The indigo bunting perching in sunlight is like a sapphire with wings. Glistening intensely blue, it is a gem of a bird.

The indigo bunting is the only solid blue bird in the eastern United States. It’s all an illusion, of course. The indigo bunting’s feathers are not really blue.

A painted bunting sports a rainbow of colors. Learn what males and females look like, what they eat, and what they sound like.

In this Bird of the Week segment, Stacia Brezinski with the Maine Audubon teaches us about a piece of eye candy known as the indigo bunting.

It was a first-spring male and hadn’t yet achieved full indigo bunting brilliance. Instead of an electric, shiny blue and black coat, he was a bit muted and mottled. Still spectacular, nonetheless.

MANTEO, N.C. (WNCT) — An Indigo Bunting bird was spotted at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, potentially traveling over 1,200 miles. According to a press release, “this mal… ...

There is nothing like the royal blue of an indigo bunting. In the Northeast, they arrive fashionably late to the spring fling, behind the vanguard of migrating warblers and other ...

Female indigo buntings are light brown with faint markings. Males are vibrant blue even though their feathers lack blue pigment and are actually black.

The male indigo bunting lives up to its name. During the summer breeding season it is completely blue in color and hard to miss. Like all blue-colored birds, it lacks blue pigment.

There is nothing like the royal blue of an indigo bunting. In the Northeast, they arrive fashionably late to the spring fling, behind the vanguard of migrating warblers and other songbirds. On my ...